The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 5
Image (1965)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Family
In Collection
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.4
750 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Dick Van Dyke Rob Petrie
Mary Tyler Moore Laura Petrie
Rose Marie Sally Rogers
Morey Amsterdam Buddy Sorrell
Larry Mathews Ritchie Petrie
Ann Morgan Guilbert Millie Helper
Richard Deacon Mel Cooley
Carl Reiner Alan Brady
Frank Adamo Party Guest
Jerry Paris Jerry Helper
Allan Melvin Sol Pomerantz
Tiny Brauer Lou
Bert Remsen Bartender
Jack Berle Wedding Guest
Abdullah Abbas Restaurant Patron
George Tyne Doug
Dabbs Greer Mr. Brumley
Garry Marshall Referee
Ed Peck Captain Worwick
Michael Conrad Bernie Stern
Director
Jerry Paris
Lee Philips
John Rich
Richard Erdman
Producer Carl Reiner
Sam Denoff
Bill Persky
Sheldon Leonard
Writer Carl Reiner
Garry Marshall
Jerry Belson
Joseph Bonaduce
Cinematography Robert De Grasse
Musician Earle Hagen

Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives of Rob Petrie, a writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show". The non-stop laughs revolved around Rob's relationships with with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, and producer Mel Cooley. At home, we also got to chuckle (and sometimes cry) over Rob's antics involving his wife, son, and neighbors.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/15/1965  1.  Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
A talk show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Dick Curtis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/22/1965  2.  A Farewell to Writing
Rob tries to write a novel, but finds that writing comedy is easier.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
Guest starring:  Guy Raymond
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/29/1965  3.  Uhny Uftz
Rob and Buddy are working late, and keep thinking they hear a metallic voice saying ""Uhny Uftz""! The explore a supposedly abandoned office somewhere in the building, and find a somewhat 'mad' inventor (complete with a taciturn and vaguely menacing assistant) who has constructed a toy flying saucer. It works quite well, except that, instead of saying ""Merry Christmas"" as the inventor intended, the saucer only says ""Uhny Uftz"".
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Ross ElliottMadge Blake, John Mylong, Karl Lukas
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/6/1965  4.  The Ugliest Dog in the World
Rob tries to write a part for a dog who is going to be on The Alan Brady Show. After the dog's part is cut from the show Rob tries to find a home for the dog, But nobody wants the dog.
Director:  Lee Philips  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Billy De Wolfe, Florence Halop,  Michael ConradGeorge Tyne, Barbara Dodd
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/13/1965  5.  No Rice at My Wedding
Rob recalls a time when Laura was the prize of a raffle. Rob does everything he can to keep Clark Rice from marrying Laura.
Director:  Lee Philips  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Van Williams,  Allan MelvinBert RemsenJohnny Silver
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/20/1965  6.  Draw Me a Pear
Laura talks Rob into going to her art class unaware that Valerie falls in love with Rob.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Art Baer  / Ben Joelson 
Guest starring:  Ina Balin,  Jackie Joseph, Jody Gilbert, Dorothy Neumann,  Frank Adamo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/27/1965  7.  The Great Petrie Fortune
After Rob and Laura finish watching a movie Uncle Hezekiah gives Rob and Laura clue as to what the fortune might be.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Ernest Chambers  / Jay Burton 
Guest starring:  Dan Tobin, Forrest Lewis,  Elvia AllmanHerb VigranAmzie Strickland, Howard Wendell,  Tiny BrauerDick Van Dyke
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/3/1965  8.  Odd But True
Ritchie finds out the freckles on Rob's back form the shape of the Liberty Bell. Millie wants to send a pictrue to Odd But True. (a nwespaper column)
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  James Millhollin,  Hope Summers, David Fresco, Peter Oliphant, Bert May, Rhoda Williams,  Ray Kellogg
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/10/1965  9.  Viva Petrie
Maria (the Petrie's maid) tells Manuel Luis Rodriguez to go to the Petrie's because Maria feels that Rob can find him a job, but the only Manuel can do is be a bullfighter.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  John Whedon 
Guest starring:  Joby Baker, Jack Bernardi
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/17/1965  10.  Go Tell the Birds and Bees
Alberta Nelson shines in a small part as Miss Reshovsky, the concerned elementary schoolteacher of note. Rob and Laurie Petrie are also asked to the principal's office to discuss their son.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Rick Mittleman 
Guest starring:  Peter Hobbs, Alberta Nelson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/24/1965  11.  Body and Sol
Rob tells Buddy and Sally of the time he became the middle weight champion of his Army Camp.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Allan MelvinEd PeckMichael ConradGarry Marshall, Barbara Dodd, Burt Taylor,  Paul Stader
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/8/1965  12.  See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write
After going to the Butcher's Shop to get something for dinner, Laura sees pictures (drawn By Charlie Wheelright) Laura wants to write a story to help sell Charlie's pictures. Rob doesn't like the idea because he always finshes her stories.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Lawrence J. Cohen  / Fred Freeman 
Guest starring:  John McGiver
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/15/1965  13.  You're Under Arrest
After fighting with Laura, Rob is arrested for hurting an old Lady. Rob has trouble telling police he didn't hurt the Lady (whom he saw in a barroom).
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Joseph C. Cavella 
Guest starring:  Phillip Pine,  Sandy Kenyon, Lee Krieger, Bella Bruck,  Ed McCreadyJohnny SilverTiny Brauer
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/29/1965  14.  Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work
The Alan Brady Show is on hiatus Rob is worried about to support Laura (who is pregnant with Ritchie) Rob doesn't anyone to know he needs a job until The Alan Brady Show returns from hiatus.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Rick Mittleman 
Guest starring:  Reta Shaw, James Frawley, Jerry Hausner, Alfred Ward, John C. Chulay,  Dabbs Greer
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/5/1966  15.  Who Stole My Watch?
After Rob loses his watch that he got as birthday gift, He thinks everyone he knows took his watch. Laura and Rob plan a party to say they are sorry after they learn a crook stole Rob's watch.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Joseph Bonaduce 
Guest starring:  Milton Frome
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/19/1966  16.  I Do Not Choose to Run
Rob gives a speech at council meeting that will land him a nomination for city councilman of New Rochelle.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Philip OberGeorge Tyne, Arte Johnson, Howard Wendell,  Peter BroccoHelen Spring
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/26/1966  17.  The Making of a Councilman
Rob decides to quit running for his seat on the New Rochelle city council after meeting the opponent running against him because of his experience.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Wally Cox,  George Tyne, Margaret Muse, Lia Waggner, Kay Stewart, Holly Harris, Marilyn Hare, Arthur Adams, Lorna Thayer, Remo Pisani, James Henaghan Jr.,  Bert Remsen
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/2/1966  18.  The Curse of the Petrie People
Laura gets a brooch that (in the shape of the United States) tells the history of the Petrie family. Laura later puts the brooch in the garbage! We learn that Rob's mom hates the brooch!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Tom Tully, Isabel Randolph,  Leon Belasco
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/9/1966  19.  The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart
Mel is in trouble for not telling Alan that there was a change in the script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, But Mel gets fired.
Writer:  John Whedon 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/16/1966  20.  Remember the Alimony
Rob and Laura leave Anchor Texas to go to Mexico only to find that marriage is hard to do. They soon find out that getting a divorce is easier than they thought (it costs $10 in Mexico!)
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Allan Melvin, Don Diamond, Lee Krieger, Bernie Kopell, Shelah Hackett, Jose Nieto, Guillermo DeAnda
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/23/1966  21.  Dear Sally Rogers
Sally really wants a husband she goes on ""The Stevie Parsons Show"" thinking she has finally found a husband or has she? Stevie asks Rob to help in a stunt where Stevie picks a letter written to Sally, One problem Sally has no idea what will happen! Wait until Sally finds out who Box 7030 is!
Director:  Richard Erdman  Writer:  Ronald Axe 
Guest starring:  Richard SchaalBert Remsen
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/2/1966  22.  Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy
Rob & Sally think Buddy is having an affair but he is getting ready for his bar mitzvah.
Director:  Richard Erdman  Writer:  Art Baer  / Ben Joelson 
Guest starring:  Pippa ScottEd Peck, Sheldon Golomb, Arthur Ross-Jones, Maria Sokolov
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/9/1966  23.  Bad Reception in Albany
Rob and Laura are attending a wedding in Albany, Rob is asked by Alan to watch a fashion show. He promises to tell Alan what he thought of it. Rob has to hurry to the church to usher a wedding.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Tom D'AndreaRobert Nichols, Chanin Hale,  Johnny Haymer, Joseph Mell,  Bert Remsen, Bella Bruck, Lorraine Bendix, Ed Rice, Candace Howard,  Tiny Brauer, Joyce Wellington, Virginia Martin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/23/1966  24.  Talk to the Snail
Rob fears his job is gone after reading a memo (found in the trash where they are looking for this week's script that Buddy lost) Rob almost writes for Jelly Bean a snail!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Paul WinchellHenry Gibson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/6/1966  25.  A Day in the Life of Alan Brady
Jerry & Millie are having their anniversary party, at the Petrie home one problem the party is a part of documentary that focuses on Alan.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Joseph Bonaduce 
Guest starring:  Lou Wills, Kim Ford, John C. Chulay,  Joyce Jameson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/13/1966  26.  Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
Laura looks at a script that insults Alan, The gang in a hurry to go to the theater they forget that Alan has the script with the insults in it. So Rob Buddy & Sally try to go in Alan's office to find it. Rob crawls through Alan's office, Laura later finds the key (Rob has no idea that the door is about to open and is hit in the nose by the door.) After Rob breaks in to Alan's desk ( forgetting to ask for the key for the desk.) While still in Alan's office Mel forgets to mention the script was delivered to Alan. Mel then has an idea to break in Alan's house! They finally find the script in Alan's hand!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Forrest Lewis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/20/1966  27.  The Man from My Uncle
Ritchie's bedroom is used as a stakeout point (it has the best view) Harry Bond is looking for the nephew of Wendell Gerard, Rob loves the gadgets the agent brings to solve the case.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Godfrey Cambridge,  Steven Geray, Biff Elliott
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/27/1966  28.  You Ought to Be in Pictures
Rob gets a movie role, but he has to kiss a woman. Laura makes sure that nothing else happens.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Jack Winter 
Guest starring:  Michael Constantine, Jayne Massey,  Frank Adamo
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/4/1966  29.  Love Thy Other Neighbor
Laura and Rob spend time with the Staggs and going to the theater,Jerry & Millie feel left out.
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Carl Kleinschmitt  /  Dale McRaven 
Guest starring:  Sue Taylor, Joby Baker,  Carl Reiner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/11/1966  30.  Long Night's Journey into Day
Rob & Jerry go fishing leaving Laura (who has a cold) home alone with a mynah bird. Millie comes back to keep Laura company, Millie couldn't find Laura (She was taking a shower).
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Garry Marshall  /  Jerry Belson 
Guest starring:  Ogden Talbot,  Carl Reiner
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/25/1966  31.  The Gunslinger
Rob needs to have a tooth removed, as Jerry removes it Rob dreams that he lives in the old west and needs to save the town from Big Bad Brady. Rob can't seem to remember to bring his guns ( he can't recall where he left them including his gun belt!) Deputy Buddy finally brings them, just as Big Bad Brady and Rob go to battle. We find that Rob needs to practice more (he can't shoot all the bottles on the bar.) Rob is about to wake up only to be told by Jerry, that a World War 1 script is needed. Rob asks Jerry to put him under again and take another tooth so Rob can think of what to dream about!
Director:  Jerry Paris  Writer:  Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Guest starring:  Allan Melvin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    6/1/1966  32.  The Last Chapter
Rob gives Laura his book (it took 5 years to write.) As Laura begins to read the book, we see classic moments from several episodes. The book takes us through how Rob and Laura met as well as how Rob almost missed his wedding! Later Rob talks about waiting for the birth Ritchie. As Laura finishes the book Rob tells her the publisher hated the book, Alan Brady decides to make the book into a TV series!
Writer:  Carl Reiner  / Sam Denoff  / Bill Persky 
Edition Details
Series The Dick Van Dyke Show
Distributor Image
Release Date 6/29/2004
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 5

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentaries Featuring Carl Reiner and Dick Van Dyke for Selected Episodes Audio Commentary Featuring Rose Marie, Ann Morgan Guilbert and Bill Idelson for a Selected Episode Audio Commentary with Don Rickles Remembering his Two-Part Episode Clip from the 2003 TV Land Awards Featuring the Cast The Dick Van Dyke Show Cast Reunion from Comic Relief (1992) A Scene with Dick and Mary from the CBS Special Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman A Sketch from The Cass Elliot Special Featuring Dick and Cass Elliot Theatrical Trailer for The Art of Love, the 1965 Film Starring Dick and Written by Carl Reiner Interviews with Cast and Producers Original CBS Promo Spots Promo Spot for The New Dick Van Dyke Show Photo Galleries for Selected Episodes